Process for laundering towels



J. N. BORROUGHS PROCESS FOR LAUNDERING TOWELS Dec. 20, 1927. 1,653,542

Filed Oct. 10, 1925 INVENTOR I056?! 17. 601M006;

BY pl n Lg W mm use. 20, 1927.

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' J'OBIPE mill BOBIOUGHS, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

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Application fled October 10, ms, mm laser. and in mm rmmeu'is, 1m.

. My invention is an improved process for laundering roller cabinet towels.

Towels of this character, which are usually about seventy-five feet in length, are very difficult to handle. It is essential that they shall be handled rapidly and with a minimum amount of labor. The washing and wrin ing operations present the greatest diflicu ty because of the rotation of the machines which tends to tangle the towels,

thus presentin ra id removal-t erefrom. To overcome this culty I fold and secure the towel in the folded osition prior to its insertion into the we er and wrin er.

The object of my invention is to rovide a process of laundering towels w ich is rapid, and. is carried out with a minimum amount of labor. Further objlects and advantages will be more specifica ly described and pointed out in the following detailed description.

.In the annexed drawing in which I have illustrated the various mechanisms by 5 means of which my process is carried out I Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of the towel folder.

Figure 2 is a side view of the towel after it-has been secured at the ends.

Figure 3 is a side view of the washer.

Figure 4 is a side view of the wri r.

Figure 5 is a side view of the towe unfastened and ready for ironin Figure 6 is an end view of-tie ironer and roller.

Figure 7 is a side view of the towel rolled and ready for use in a cabinet.

Referrm more particularly to the draw-- ing, the soiled towel is caused to enter a roller 2 over' which the towel is adapted to travel-and a hollow pendulous arm 3, which is swung by a pitman 4 extendin' from the crank '5, said crank being rotate by any suitable source of power.

great difiiculty to their folding machine 1, which consists of a The towel is threaded through the arm 3,

and the swinging of the arm forms the towel into the bundle 6.- The bundle 6 is now secured at the ends by any suitable fastening means, such as the pins 7, which revent it from unfolding dur' the folowin operation. The towel is aboutseventyve feet -in length and is folded into a bundle about thirty inches long, which is easilyhandled. p -A number of bundles are now easily ac commodated in a washer of suitable ty and the bundles are washed without unfolded and are manipulated as sma -units, without any danger of becoming led. They may be removed as units from t e washer to the wringer and pass'thru the latter. This method of folding the towels facilitates the washing and wringing operations and saves the material of the towels. For ironing a towel, the pins may be removed, which allows the towel to unfold.

Having described my invention, I claim: 1, The method of pre aring a relatively narrow towel of unwiel y length for laundering operations, which consists in folding the towel back and forth along transverse lines into equal lengths with alternate folds arranged in alined relation so as to form a rectangular bundle and in holding the towel ifnlgundle form by interconnecting adjacent '2. The method of pre aring a relatively narrow towel of unwlel y length for laundering o erations, which consists in folding the towe into a bundle of uniform short lengths and in interconnecting the lengths for holding the towel in thebundle formation during the launderin o eration.

In testimony whereof a x my signa- 85 ture.

7 JOSEPH NEWTON BORROUGHS.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION. 13mm No. 1,653,542, Granted December 20, 1927, m

I JOSEPH NEWTON nonnouons.

Illis hereby certified that error appears in the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: In the printed specification, strike out the description. of Figures 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7; and that the said-Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the'satne may conform to the record of the cas'e in the Patent Office.

. Signed and sealed this 8th daynof May, D. 1928.

r MQ- J. Moore, (Seal) 7 Acting Commissioner of'Patents. 

